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Lot 110: James Leakey (British, 1773-1865) Mrs Parr (née Maria Codrington), wearing white dress with a blue scarf knotted around her shoulders, her curling brown hair upswept

Est: £600 GBP - £800 GBP
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMay 20, 2009

Item Overview

Description

Mrs Parr (née Maria Codrington), wearing white dress with a blue scarf knotted around her shoulders, her curling brown hair upswept.
Oil on ivory, gilt-metal mounted rectangular papier-mâché frame, the reverse inscribed Mrs Maria Codrington Parr/ Wife of Dυr Bartholomew Parr M.D./ Exeter.
Oval, 85mm (3 3/8in) high

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As the inscription suggests, the sitter was the wife of Dr Bartholomew Parr, one of the leading medical practitioners of Exeter in the early 19th century. He was praised by one contemporary writer as 'a person of very extensive attainments...and a good practical physician' whilst also being the author of the three-volumes comprising the London Medical Dictionary (1808).

Auction Details

Fine Portrait Miniatures

by
Bonhams
May 20, 2009, 12:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK